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Robert F. Davis / CP Guest Contributor

More often than not schools are caught off guard, heightening the crisis environment and furthermore creating long-term debilitating problems. If only we would take scripture more seriously or seek counsel we could be ready.

Each day I take time to pray specifically for three Christian school administrators. I pray for them because administrating a Christian school is a formidable task, because their institutions are in a particular battle for their very existence, and ..

Over the years as a college vice president and as a consultant serving Christian education, I have learned that understanding and exploiting your niche is central to the survival of your educational institution.

While "word of mouth" is the best advertisement, it should not be an excuse to sit back and wait for students to flow into your classrooms. Recruitment, aggressive recruitment, should always be the "modus operandi." Actually when enrollment is strong..

While serving on the board of a Philadelphia college I raise the issue of a development plan for the college at a development committee meeting. The committee chair asked, "How much would that cost, you know to have a consultant help us create one?" ..

Morale and ludicrous were front-and-center as I arrived at a Christian school seeking to raise capital, and large amounts, at that. The faculty and staff had gone without pay for 12 months, their pension investment had disappeared, they watched as a ..

Communication more specifically related to board success is that from the "Audit Committee," the "keeper" of the policy handbook. It should be expected to be thorough and plain spoken. In order to avoid confusion and provide clarity of function, the ..

Characterizing an activity as formidable can conjure up frightening thoughts, but when describing efforts to construct the best board, it sets apart a challenge worth pursuing and in the end rewarding.

Board responsibilities are clear cut. As owners of the school, following the "mission" helps to maintain institutional continuity, stability, and integrity. I have always found two things to be striking when interviewing a board. After asking board m..

For any institution to run smoothly boundaries need to be clearly defined. This aforementioned scenario by design is vague. The head administrator is neither a headmaster nor a principal, but created as a hybrid to cover both positions. The initia..

It wasn't too long ago that a local Christian school without resident leadership put out the word for a Headmaster. After the collection of résumés and a series of interviews a fine person was selected and hired. All of this appears to be normal exce..

Another area for exploration which will reveal "budget bloat" or excessive spending has to do with a top heavy administration, that which resembles government schools and lacks the efficiency of the well run independent school. When a school has a: h..

It's strange, but from time-to-time I'm stopped on the street or approached in a coffee shop by parents of school age children and questioned about Christian schooling. Essentially the question is, Of the Christian schools in the area, or colleges, ..

Recognizing the spiritual needs of culture reveals the great need, in Christian schools, for a more focused approach to "spiritual formation" necessary. Planning how to make spiritual formation" integral to the curriculum then is paramount.

The Cardus Educational Survey (CES) revealed, while graduates of Protestant Christian school registered "raw scores" which were high regarding: preparation for a vibrant spiritual life, obligation to accept church leadership authority, frequency of c..